I did it! 3rd & Final Patreon Post for December.

This one isn't publicly viewable but it does contain a free flash fiction story for those interested in pledging.

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SECOND PATREON POST FOR DECEMBER

I'm doing something a little different this time. The post is actually public for the next week or so, meaning you don't have to pay to read it. But if you like what you see, maybe you will see to it to pledge at least a dollar per month to read all the other stuff that came before this post and all that comes after.

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Quote of the Week...

...comes from a Facebook commenter on a post where someone was desperately trying to ascribe communism to the Nazis:

There is socialism in “national socialism” in the same way there is shepherd in “shepherd’s pie.”

First Patreon Post for December.

Mea Culpa for the long-ass wait but here it is.

Book Trailer for "Classics Remixed Vol. II"

I had no idea this even existed! Even worse, it's been online since October of this year. Ah, well. No time like the prescient, right?

Below is the link to the Youtube trailer for the anthology featuring my short story, "Gorgon Not Forgotten." If you watch carefully, you may even see the head of yours truly hovering along with other authors.

View the trailer here.

Order the book here.

Look at the cover of the book...right here!

Best & worst Movies of the Last Ten Years- Updated as of 12/1/19!

Below is my list of what I considered to be the worst and best films of 2009-2019. Keep in mind this list is based solely on movies I have actually seen:

2009
Best: Inglorious Basterds
Worst: Avatar
Honorable Mention for Best: Watchmen & Star Trek
Most Overrated: The Hurt Locker


2010
Best: Inception
Worst: Hot Tub Time Machine & Jonah Hex
Honorable Mention for Best: True Grit & Kick-Ass
Honorable Mention for Worst: Skyline







2011
Best: Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol & X-Men: First Class  
Worst: The Hangover Part II
Honorable Mention for Best: Another Earth
Honorable Mention for Worst: Hobo With a Shotgun
Most Overrated:  Super 8 (Still a good movie, though)

2012- This was a tough year for choosing one Worst!
Best: The Avengers
Worst: The Hunger Games
Honorable Mention for Worst: Skyfall
Honorable Mention for Best:  Looper

2013- The Year of Absolute Shit
Best: 12 Years a Slave
Worst: Frozen
Honorable Mention for Worst: Identity Thief & A Good Day to Die Hard & This is the End

2014
Best: X-Men Days of Future Past  & Captain America The Winter Soldier
Worst: Transformers: Age of Extinction
Honorable Mention For Best: Birdman 
Honorable Mention for Worst: Big Hero 6
Most Overrated: Guardians of the Galaxy

2015
Best: Stars Wars the Force Awakens
Worst: Fantastic Four
Honorable Mention for Best: Straight Outta Compton & The Martian
Most Overrated: Mad Max: Fury Road

2016
Best: Arrival & Shin Godzilla
Worst: Deadpool
Honorable Mention for Best: The Nice Guys
Most Overrated: Captain America: Civil War & Rogue One

2017 
Best: Logan
Worst: It
Honorable Mention  for Worst: Get Out (Also Most Overrated)

2018
Best: Avengers: Infinity War
Worst: No Movie Met the Criteria
Honorable Mention for Best: Annihilation & Bohemian Rhapsody
Most Overrated: Black Panther (A good but flawed movie)

2019
Best: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Worst: (SH)It: Chapter 2
Most Overrated: Captain Marvel 
Honorable Mention  for Worst: Avengers: Endgame (Didn't hate it but it was a huge disappointment on all levels

Two Reviews/One Announcement.

I'll get to my "big announcement" in a moment but let's start with the reviews I ran across. The first is of the 2011 anthology "Legends, Denim & Silver" which featured my stark monster hunter story "Finally, the Source." This is still my favorite review of anything I've had published mainly because the reviewer really gets me, man! The response was exactly what I was going for, which is a rare thing indeed:

 

Finally, The Source barely edges out the tales as my favorite in The Monster Hunters section, if only for its fantastic 'oh shit, did you just go there?!' ending. Wilson, a monster hunter, is recruited by the Nightmare Guild — his arch enemies if there ever were any — to take out the cause of all strife; for both monster and humans alike. After his eyes are opened to the trouble this new target has caused, he reluctantly takes on the task. While I suspected the ending before it came, I have to admit that it was still surprising that author Christopher Nadeau carried through with it. Sure it can be argued that his ending is open ended, but not so much that, yeah, that just happened.

Read the entire anthology review here.

The other review doesn't mention me or my story but it is by the prestigious Publisher's weekly of the anthology pictured below:

  

 

 

You can read that review here.

 

You may be wondering why I ran across these reviews, or maybe you're thinking, "This MF's ego is off the charts! He's just randomly Googling reviews of his older work and then posting about it. How sad. What a tiny, pathetic man." Any other time you'd be right but this time I am doing it for a good reason. This is where the announcement portion of our program comes into play.

 

*Cue the trumpets*

 

I have finally decided to compile a short story collection comprised of previously published works, work that was published but is no longer available, and previously unpublished work.  I even know which publisher I would like to send it to. So, shot in the dark, I know, but if there are any stories of mine you've read and feel deserve inclusion, feel free to let me know. I've already created a list but it's not written in stone.

 

Black Friday Sale: Classics ReMixed II

The pre-order sale ends today.

Click here to make it happen!

PATREON-POLOGY (tm)

I was really hoping to post a third Patreon piece before December but it clearly ain't gonna happen now. So, my pledge for the month of December is to try and post four pieces but to at least post three.

In the meantime, click here to see all the scrumptious goodness you're missing by not paying a measly minimum of $1.00 per month.

See ya in December!

I'm at the Lie-Berry!!!

I love the fact that three anthologies I have stories in can be found in the library system I work for. I wish they were at the actual libraries I work for but the fact that they're accessible in the shared system is still pretty freakin' awesome.

I can't lay claim to "Angels in the Endzone" and for that I am eternally grateful. The three anthologies, however, do indeed feature my work. If you live in Southeastern Michigan and have a library card, be sure to visit The Library Network for more info!

Things That Make you go "Aww!"

When I see the below pic of the new "Charlie's Angels," my first reaction is to say, "Aww." They look like children playing big people games. Infantilization is swiftly making it difficult to take actors seriously in certain roles because they still look and act very much like pre-teens and teenagers.  No wonder it's a flop.

Never mind that it's already been remade once or that there's only one pretty one (the one in the middle) or that Elizabeth Banks has clearly lost her mind, that still says it all!

And people wonder why I express almost zero interest in seeing my work adapted by Hollywood!